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This invention relates to a new and improved clothes-horse, of thatclass which are provided with folding arms to admit of the device, whennot in use, being` folded or adjusted in compact form, so that it may bestowed away or placed in an apartment without monopolizing much space.

The invention consists in a novel manner of connecting the arms to theupright or standard of the device,

wiferehy said arms may be folded in such a manner as not to increase thelength or height of the device above that it occupies when the arms aredistended for use. v

The ordinary clothes-horses of this kind, when their arms are folded,are very materially increased in length or height, so much so that theycannot be placed in an upright position in an apartment having a ceilingof ordinary height, and hence, when not in use, they must be laid in ahorizontal position on the iioor .or placed in an inclined position in acorner. ,This inconvenience is fully obviated by my improvement. In theaccompanying sheet of drawings Figure l is a side sectional view of myinvention, in a distended state. taken in the line x x, iig. 3.

Figure 2, a side sectional view lof the same in a folded state.

Figure 3, a plan or top view of the same in a distendedstate.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents an upright or standard, the lower end of which is framedinto a suitable base, B. On this upright or standard there are placed'and properly-secured a number of metal plates, C, at a suitabledistance apart. These plates are of quadrilatcral form, and they have ateach angle or corner an inciined projection, a, from the lower ends ofwhich pins project horizontally at right angles. The plates C have alsoright-angular notches c made in them at each angle or corner, as shownin fig. 3, and the under sides ofthe plates have recesses 0r grooves CZin them in line with the notches c. v(See figs. 1 and D reprcsentugoodenarms, the inner ends of which are fitted in the notches c of the platesc, said arms, when distended or drawn out for use, rest-ing on the pinsb of the projections a, and their inner ends beine' in the recesses orgrooves d. By this means the arms are supported in a horizontal positionand rendered capable of supporting the weight of the clothes placed uponthem; but, in order that the arms may be more firmly supported and thewhole device rendered stifi` and firm when in use, their outer ends aresecured by pivots e to upright bars E, as shown clearly in figs. 1 and2. When the device is not required for use the out-er ends ofthe arms Dand upright bars E are slightly raised, so that the inner ends of thearms may clear the rear ends of the recesses or grooves al, and saidarms may then be shoved inward and downward and the device consequentlybe compactly folded, as shown in fig. 2, neither the bars E nor arms Dextending beyond the upper end of the upright or standard A. The device,therefore, will not be in the least increased in length by being folded,and it may be placed or kept in an upright position and in a foldedstate in anyroom which will admit of it being placed in an uprightposition when unfolded or distended. The upright A, base B, arms D, andupright bars E may all he of wood; and in order to prevent the arms Dbeing drawn entirely out from the plates C pins ax are inserted in thearms D.

l do not confine myself to the precise mode of construction herein shownand described, for thatmay he modified or varied and the same endattained; but what I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

A clothes-horse, having its arms D attached to or connected with thestandard A by means of the notched metal plate C provided at each cornerwith an inclined projection, a, horizontal pins b, and grooves d,substana tially as herein set forth for the purpose specified.

C. B. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMAnA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

